Exaaaactly. And they probably overlooked that in favor of the story – and enjoyed it a lot – until the author was revealed to be a uterus-haver.

Then it becomes clear to them that they have been deceived! Tricked! Fooled! into reading *gasp* ‘feminist literature’! The affrontery! The outrage! They must beat their chest and hoot loudly lest they be thought less manly! Especially once one of their fellow shitlords has displayed appropriately Red Pill comments, which means they should follow suit to be seen as part of the group.

Realistically, no. A good story, a well thought-out plot, and an immersive world is a hallmark of a great author.

Now, if you then decided that the story was suddenly terrible upon learning that the author was not the gender you thought they were, and caused you to publicly smear their name in the dirt… THAT would make you a shitlord.

Well, that’s good to know. ‘Cause I’ve gotten shit in the past for caring more about the world and story, and not the whole “OMG MAIN HEROES ARE WOMEN!!” part. Then again, from my experience stories that used that card usually weren’t well crafted in terms of characters, stories or the world.

One of my players is a librarian who bonded with a dust elemental! And I had one briefly, who wanted to play chrono-elemental halfling who was an experiment of Prathian who had been previous stuck in stasis for 300 years. He was planning to go bard/wizard and narratively using Lucky as all time-related shenanigans.

Jeanie totally has an app that makes her phone ring as if a call or text is incoming for just these sorts of occasions (also for making quick exits from far more awkward situations, if she isn’t planning on kicking ass and taking names, that is), doesn’t she?